Are you in the Shura field today?

The cold wind blew past, and the withered yellow leaves piled up at the foot of the yard rustled.

Swipe with your fingertips, and drop the last melodious ending.

Wen Mingran withdrew his hand, looking nervously and expectantly at Li Zuoqing who was sitting in the court.

How would the eldest princess comment on her?

He would praise her and not shame this Yaoqin that belonged to Lin Qiwu.

Or mercilessly belittle and take back the reward just on a whim?

But she stopped her fingers for a long time, and the eldest princess still leaned on the stone table with her chin propped up, as if she was taking a nap with her eyes closed.

Should she continue?

Wen Mingran felt uneasy because she knew only this song from the beginning to the end.

Gray shadows blinded her eyes, and Wen Mingran remembered that when she was at the eldest prince's mansion, the dancers who were selected like her were forced to learn this piano piece that she had never heard of with the piano master over and over again.

Even if the fingertips are swollen and bleeding, it is not allowed to stop until the music recognized by the luthier as "similar to that person's performance" is played.

When the heart is disturbed, the sound gradually becomes disordered.

When Wen Mingran regained consciousness, the chaotic melody flowed out from under her fingers.

She inadvertently plucked the strings a few times, but disrupted the lingering rhyme of the previous melody.

In just half a cup of tea, the artistic conception before and after is completely different.

Li Zuoqing opened his eyes and recovered from the thoughts just now.

The girl in the court was stunned for a moment, like a rabbit who noticed the eyes of a predator, but suppressed the short-term fright, she raised her face and smiled at Li Zuoqing.

"Your Highness Lang Yu, do you still like my piano music?"

Li Zuoqing looked directly into the other person's eyes, and asked bluntly: "Where did you hear this song? Did you learn it by yourself, or was it taught to you by others?"

Dikun from an ordinary family has no resources to get in touch with and learn Yaoqin. She doesn't know about Wen Mingran's life experience, but there is a high probability that she learned it through the way of the eldest prince. Di Kun, who is a dancer, obviously rarely hears the qin music circulated in the palace.

"Returning to Your Highness, I..." Wen Mingran looked away, thought for a while, and replied, "It was taught by a skilled luthier when I was at the First Prince's residence."

At the end, she still wondered to herself: "Is there something wrong with this song?"

Judging by Wen Mingran's appearance, it really seems that he doesn't know the truth.

Li Zuoqing couldn't help but began to wonder, did the eldest prince really not tell Wen Mingran that this piece of music was composed by Lin Qiwu?

What's the point of sending someone who is only somewhat similar to Lin Qiwu to her side?

"Speaking of which, I don't know your life experience yet."

Since the eldest princess spoke like this, she naturally wanted to make it clear.

Wen Mingran pursed his lips, feeling happy that Li Zuoqing began to care about him, but also worried that the other party would lose interest in her after hearing about his ordinary background.

But she still maintained a relaxed tone and shared her past with Li Zuoqing: "Your Highness does not know, when I was seven years old, my parents sold me to the nanny of Yaozhou Xiuren Workshop for dozens of silver."

"Nurse raises up many earth-kuns like me, and then resells them to the capital or the landlord's house at a higher price. My fate should have been like this, but..."

"When I first came to the capital, by chance, I was favored by the eldest prince. He explained that the relationship played a very important role, so he brought me back to the mansion."

"Huh?" Li Zuoqing frowned.

Wen Mingran didn't notice Li Zuoqing's strangeness, and continued: "After that, at the mansion of His Royal Highness, not only did I practice dancing more diligently than in the workshop, but I was also asked to learn Yaoqin, but from the beginning to the end, I only knew this song."

Her words were impeccable and her tone was full of sincerity.

Li Zuoqing looked at each other and Lin Qiwu looked more and more like five or six points, combined with her deliberately learning how to make apple crisps and peach red glutinous cakes, both of which are Lin Qiwu's specialty desserts.

Suddenly a reasonable guess formed in her mind: this Wen Mingran, could it be that the First Prince deliberately used it to catch her?

Li Zuomu only knew that the original owner loved Lin Qiwu so much, so he kept a follower who was similar to Lin Qiwu by her side.

But why Wen Mingran didn't seem to know at all.

Or did she mean that Wen Mingran was brought back to the princess mansion before her elder brother had time to make further preparations?

Li Zuoqing's brief silence also made Wen Mingran feel uneasy - she couldn't hide her concern for Her Royal Highness' eyes.

This reminded Li Zuoqing that she used to have a younger sister who was very similar to Wen Mingran, she was lively and loved to laugh, and she liked her very much, but she was always too shy to talk to her for some reason.

"Leave this piano here with you."

After all, Li Zuoqing softened his heart, so he stopped comparing her with Lin Qiwu.

Originally, Wen Mingran was also younger than Lin Qiwu, and was the youngest Di Kun in her family, so there must be some things about her that didn't look like Lin Qiwu.

Hearing this, Wen Mingran was so happy that he almost jumped up on the spot.

The meaning of these words should be that the eldest princess recognizes her!

In the next second, Li Zuoqing's words held her down again.

"But you should start with the simple pieces first. This piece is not suitable for you. If you want to continue playing this Yaoqin, I will hire another luthier for you. After you learn new ones, come and play them for me." .”

"Thank you, Your Highness Xie Langyu!" Wen Mingran exclaimed.

Did this even change the name?When I entered the door just now, I was talking about Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess.

Li Zuoqing raised his eyebrows, but seeing Wen Mingran's faintly joyful eyes, the turmoil in his heart was calmed down.

At this time, the branches and leaves on the tall trees in the courtyard rustled.

Suddenly, an orange sycamore leaf fell down from the ground covered with brown dead leaves.

Li Zuoqing squinted at the familiar sycamore leaf, and smiled knowingly after a while.

Regarding the matter of the Yuanfu Banquet, it is indeed time to make a decision.

So she got up and walked forward, walking along the long corridor she used to come and go.

Passing by Wen Mingran's side, he whispered: "You should practice your dance music well during this time, um... the dance I did when I first met you in the Hall of Supreme Harmony was pretty good, after that I will wait to accompany you Go to the banquet for the crowning ceremony of the sixth prince."

She was still worried about Wen Mingran, and it was even more impossible for someone she didn't trust to perform in front of Baiguan.

Dancing practice is just a pretense to take someone away.

Since the eldest prince might use Wen Mingran to make some small moves towards her, she would instead use Wen Mingran to spy on the eldest prince's movements.

"Yes, I will definitely live up to His Royal Highness Lang Yu's expectations."

Wen Mingran smiled and rubbed the Yaoqin under his hand, then recovered his bright appearance just now, and sent Li Zuoqing outside the courtyard.

"correct."

Before leaving, Li Zuoqing remembered something, turned around and said: "The Princess's Mansion can't even afford to raise a few rabbits, so you can keep them as companions."

"Huh?" Wen Mingran's eyes widened, and when she realized it, she was so happy that she almost rushed up to hug Li Zuoqing, but she squeezed her hands tightly, but her voice was a little louder, "Thank you, Your Highness!"

Li Zuoqing turned his back, but he could imagine the other party's smiling face, and he felt a lot more at ease.

After leaving Wen Mingran's place, she went to Yanyun Pavilion by herself.

The huge sycamore tree protruding half of the courtyard wall in front of her is no longer as vibrant as when she first came here, but the withered yellow and burnt red color at this moment also has a special flavor.

The courtyard door of Yan Yunxuan was not locked, and the guards knocked on the door, and the maid Li Zuoqing arranged for Xin Fei immediately came to open the door.

She walked into the courtyard and habitually looked at the stone table under the sycamore tree, looking for Xin Fei's figure, but the sycamore leaves were all over the porcelain bowl on the table, and Xin Fei did not appear.

"Your Highness, Xin Liangyuan was still here just now, I really don't know..."

The maid who led Li Zuoqing in was dying of anxiety, and she didn't know whether she was busy looking for her young master first, or kowtowed to apologize.

"No problem." Li Zuoqing waved his hand, immediately reassuring the maid.

She walked under the plane tree and looked around, as if looking for a cat climbing a tree.

"Xin Fei?" Li Zuoqing called tentatively.

"Humph."

A slender figure emerged from the cover of the sycamore leaves, and then Dikun tapped his toes and jumped off the branch.A sycamore tree that she stepped on, Zaisong began to fly down from the air.

Xin Fei landed firmly on the clean ground in front of her.

"Ever since I found out that you know how to do light work, you have become more and more blatant." I won't punish you, will I?

Li Zuoqing swallowed the second half of the sentence, with a helpless tone.

She is more sure now, just now Xin Fei went to the South Wing, and now she came to Yanyun Pavilion to find someone, and Xin Fei came back.

"If someone finds the eldest princess' concubine flying around the courtyard wall, what's the point?"

It's better not to be discovered.Xin Fei replied in her heart that she just made a noise on purpose just now, so that Li Zuoqing would think of her, otherwise with her strength, it would be difficult for people to find out.

But Xin Fei still didn't say anything on the face, and admitted the blame.

Li Zuoqing saw the other party's sullen puffed face, and couldn't help persuading him: "Besides, how dangerous it is for you to fly over the wall like this, I will be a little worried."

Sure enough, Xin Fei's eyes lit up immediately after saying some comforting words.

She almost arrogantly asked: "Why did you bring Miss Wen to the Yuanfu banquet?"

Li Zuoqing: "..."

Why talk about the third person when you talk well.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Zuoqing realized that Xin Fei was jealous.

After all, Xin Fei is the only confidant in the princess mansion, and when she throws the olive branch to someone else, this Dikun may feel unbalanced.

Li Zuoqing thought it was funny, and she replied casually: "I took her because I wanted to confirm something."

To confirm whether Wen Mingran is the eyeliner placed by the eldest prince, it would be even better if she could further detect her elder brother's movements.

Then, she said: "You have to think about it, and I can take you with you."

Unexpectedly, Xin Fei quickly turned his head away and refused: "I don't want to go to the palace."

"Oh? You're not curious about the scene in the palace at all?" The more the other party resisted, the more curious Li Zuoqing became. She even grabbed the other party's shoulder and approached with a malicious expression on her face.

"No—" Xin Fei wanted to refuse again, but when she turned her head, Li Zuoqing's face suddenly approached, and her tone weakened a lot in shock, "I'm not curious."

Xin Fei frowned deeply, maybe there are indeed people like her in the world who have no interest in the palace and royal power.

Li Zuoqing let go of her, and couldn't help but pat her on the back, she was thin and delicate.

"fair enough."

She turned around and said to the maid next to her: "I haven't been here for a few days, go and put the chessboard on and see if my chess skills have regressed."

After receiving the signal, the maid hurriedly went to clean up under the plane tree.

"Well, I have boiled hot water in the house, and I want to try the new tea I bought at the market last time with Lang Yu."

The author has something to say: Thanks to the little angel who irrigates the nutrient solution: 20 bottles of staying up late is not good for your health; 10 bottles are signed today; 3 bottles in Antarctic May;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!